Heat-fender for stoves



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J. A. GOWLES.

v HEAT FENDER FOR STOVES. Patented Mar. 14,1882,

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J. A. OOWLES.

HEATFBNDER FOR STOVES.

No. 254,803. Patented Mar. 14,1882.

Untrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. GOWLES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HEAT-FENDER FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,803, dated March14, 1882,

Application filed June 27, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. GowLEs, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have made certain new and usefulImprovements inHeatFenders for Stoves or Ranges, of which the following is thespecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe figures and letters of reference thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my heat fender with one door open,showing the stove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with one side cut away,showing the stove more clearly than in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailedview, showing the method of fastening the sides together at the corners.Fig. 4 is a sectional view, showing one method of opening the doors andholding them in position. Fig. 5 is an inside view of one of the sides,showing the door in position. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of Fig. 5through line 00 a2. l

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and safe meanswhereby the heat arising from the cooking-stove and the noxious andoffensive odors arisingirom cooking are entrapped and led directly intothe chimney,

and thus prevented from escaping into the room and spreading throughoutthe house, to the detriment of the health and personal comfort of theoccupants.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in the differentdrawings.

A is the cook-stove or range, having the pipe B entering the chimney inthe ordinary way. The stove or range is surrounded by the partitions orsidings O O, with the corners extending from the floor to the ceiling.

D is the side of the room beyond which is the chimney. The chimney maybe built with in the room.

E is the flue entering the chimney above the stove-pipe B and within thefender.

F F are doors located on the sides of the partitions forming the tender,leaving an opening, I, of about one foot or so in height under eachdoor, next to the floor.

J J are windows placed in the doors. They may be ofone or more panes ofglass, as fancy would suggest. The doors shown in Fig. 1 are hung onhinges in the ordinary manner, and should it be desired they could bemade (No model.)

enough they can be made in sections, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In thiscase the lower seetion would lock into the upper one, substantially asshown at d, Fig. 6, the headed pin 01 working in the slot h, Fi g. 5, ofthe upper section of the door, and the door working in guidesLL,Figs.4and 5, and when elevated the lower door isretained in positionby any wellknown means. I

The corners are united or joined together as follows:

M N 0, Fig. 3, are three posts extending from door to ceiling. The post0 is located on the inside of the post M and fixedly attached to it onits edge. The post N is placed alongside of the post 0, with the edgeabutting against the post M and its side flush with the edge of post M,as shown in Fig. 1. A bolt, a, is inserted in the holes b b, and a nutis placed on the screw end thereof, thus holding thetwo sides rigidlyand fixedly together. Several of these bolts and nuts are placed in eachcorner, as shown at a a a, Fig. 1. To these posts the sides areattached, having the doors J J.

On the inside of the fender is a lining, It, made of sheet metal,removed ashort distancesay an inch or so -leaving lines a between thelining and the side. It is not necessary for this lining to extend overthe entire inner surface of the fender, as shown in Fig. 1. It should,however, cover such parts of the sides and doors as are in dangerousproximity to the stove. Through the lines 27, made by the lining and theside, is constantly arising a current of air, which precludes thepossibility of the fender taking fire from the heated stove.

In case the door is made in sections, as shown apipe like a stove-pipewould extend from the fendertotheflueE. Shouldthestovebelocated in thecorner of the room,then the heater would extend only on two sides of thestove. In

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many instances the door only would require the lining B, as this wouldbe sufficient.

The windows J J present the opportunity of viewing the stove during thetime 01'' cooking without opening the doors, and also ofletting lightin. The windows will be used in doors when they aremade in sections thesame as when not made in sections.

The doors, when made to elevate and lower, will havebalancing-weightsworking by means of cords over sheaves T T, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and6. By working the doors up and down the evil arising from the doorswinging out into the room is obviated. Through the opening I under thedoors enters fresh air, which passes up through the fines v and throughthe fender. I

It will readily be seen that by using a heatfender as herein shown allheated air, gases,

and oifensive odors arising from cooking or 20 otherwise using the stovewill be entrapped and led directly into the chimney through the flue E.

1. A heat-fender composed ofthe separable sections, provided withair-flues, as described, 25 and having the posts M, N, and 0, heldtogether by bolts, all constructed and arranged as set forth. a

2. A heat-fender composed of sections, provided with the posts M, N, andO, for securing o them together, and with the air-fines v, and withilluminated doors, as and for the purpose 4 shown and described. I

JAMES A. COWLES.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. OSBORNE, I. S. WAoHoB.

